Kamis, 20 November 2014

and artificial light.
Although I am often with artificial light sources, I prefer to use natural
light whenever possible, and I consider myself a natural light photographer.
One of the tools that has made the biggest difference in natural light
photography (and for that matter, Studio Photography) is a reflector. This
guide will show you how to use an effective reflector to enhance your photos
just bounce the natural light.

1) Selection
of a reflector

If you have
never bought a reflector before, the selection when you can start looking be
overwhelming. There are large and small reflectors. There are round,
rectangular and triangular reflectors. There are white, gold and silver
reflectors, and combinations of these three colors with names like Sunfire,
Soft Silver, & sparkling sun.

One of the
first things you will want to decide the size of the reflector is you need. If
you primarily receive individual portraits, a small reflector for you could
work better than a large one. Of course, a larger reflector is generally
produced a larger area of ​​softer light, but larger reflectors are also more
difficult to handle, so it does not make a commitment. A reflector 42 "is
a common size that is a good combination of ease of use and good light.

Once the
total size you are looking for is known, you can start different brands and
forms. They are reflectors, handles, brackets or frames have to be found.
Reflectors will also find that they do not feel like functions. You usually pay
a premium and have fewer options when you choose a reflector with a handle or a
frame, but the ease of use that only make the money might be worth.

Finally, you
must decide which material you is your reflector. This is a purely personal preference,
and can, depending on the lighting conditions you are working to change.
Personally, I prefer white or a mixture of white / silver. Unless it's a cloudy
day, you will find the silver is too hot to be reflective and mirror and gold.
Fortunately, most of the reflectors with covers of different materials that can
rapidly change as needed.

2) The use
of a reflector

There are so
many ways to use a reflector, since there are ways reflector. You can even keep
an assistant hold it, have your subject Fried support, or buy yourself a stand
which specially designed to keep. You can even the subject sit on it!

Higher as
each light source relative to the object, the more the light will be softer. I
prefer to use reflectors to give a soft filling, so I know generally or white /
silver side and try to get as close to my subject as possible to come. When it
comes to working a lot of light, and I have to use the silver side, I will
continue to move the reflector from my subject away, so that the light is not
to dominate the natural light and acts only as a filler.

A reflector
is on what it says: it reflects the light. If you are with a silver or gold,
you can consider the issue directly, especially in full sun! The last thing you
want is temporarily blind. See The Light landing in the use of gold or silver
reflector is easy. If you. Using a white reflector, which is a bit more
difficult The best method I've found to a white reflector is used to move back
and forth and see the light on the subject. The change can be subtle, but you
will be able to find the correct angle for the reflector with a little
practice.

Although it
sounds obvious, if you have trouble, the reflected light on the subject, make
sure that the light is actually on the reflector. Often a branch or object a
shadow projected on the reflector, which decreases the amount of reflected
light.

3) Natural
Light

Each is its
own preferences on how and when to use a natural light reflector, but I'll tell
you some of the situations that I prefer a. I encourage everyone to experiment
with different reflector materials and lighting situations to find out what
works best for you.

Most of my
images are composed of backlight. Before you start reflectors, I turned off the
background and was happy. Once I started with reflectors found, I could begin
to bring some new wallpapers to reduce the difference in exposure for my
subject and background. To my backlit subjects either semi or golden hour,
which is usually a white reflector right next to my face, so I filled the
object with the light from almost directly in front of them.

Sometimes
the light that I'm on the work is beautiful, but my problem has something dark
among them, which does not reflect light back into the face. This is usually a
black or grass courts. This can lead to dark circles under the eyes. In this
situation, I'm going to put a large reflector in front of them on the floor or
at an angle and ensure that it is as close to them as possible. In the first
picture of Mia, who was at the top of the reflector in the legs, bowed, and the
bottom of his feet touched.

If the light
is not very good, and a very cloudy day, you will see many dark shadows around
the eyes of the people. In this situation, I'm going to put a reflector just
below the face of my subject, just out of the shot.

4) Tungsten

When I
record in the studio, I almost always find myself with a reflector. For
something as simple as a shot in the head, instead of multiple lights and the
proportions between the lights just right, I only have a reflector on the
opposite side of my subject from the main light. This gives me automatically a
fill-light portion correct that I directly follow up with the settings you make
in the power of my main light

Another way
to use a reflector with an artificial light is simply bounce off the light from
it. There are many occasions when I have been in a softbox without, but I
always travel with a reflector. In situations in which to reflect no light, I
have to create a large soft light source capable of a America ferrera weight loss small flash like the
SB-800 to recover from a large reflector.

5)
Conclusions

In my
opinion, a reflector is the cheapest, easiest, most versatile and useful
lighting systems you can buy pieces. As you can see, there really is no limit
to how to use a reflector. With the variety of shapes, sizes and materials
available, it is definitely one out there that is right for you. In a future
article, I have the intention of talking about finding and using natural
reflectors while shooting outdoors.